Ups and down of training

[terryl965]

What has been some of the ups and down to your own personal training.

Me it was marriage and then kids and then becoming a school owner.After the first ten years things have really settle down so my journey was able to get back on track, the only thing is I am older and less flexible than I was some 10 to 15 years ago. Which I could get those years back.

 

[bluekey88]

There have been so many. Moving (I moved A LOT as a kid and young adult). Getting stuck in training plateaus but not having th ematurity to wait them out or the expereince on how to change up my training to work through them.

Time and money. As a young adult with a family, if I had the money to train, I never ahd the time (working multiple hjobs), when I had the time...no money (typically out of work).

Depression. When my depression gets bad I become demotivated. I can work through that with therapy meds and "faking it" til I make it ...forcing myself into the dojang basically.

Injury. After I hurt my knee...ti was tough getting back and not being able to do what I used ot do. Happened again when I herniated that disc in my back. Time and careful training fixed that. I am now a wiser more careful martial artist.

I've found I need to keep setting big, concrete goals for myself or I eventually get bored. Thus my drive to compete inb a tournament and train hard to not suck at it...the carry over is an improvement in my fiteness and improved quality of training.

Peace,
Erik

 

[terryl965]

There have been so many. Moving (I moved A LOT as a kid and young adult). Getting stuck in training plateaus but not having th ematurity to wait them out or the expereince on how to change up my training to work through them.

Time and money. As a young adult with a family, if I had the money to train, I never ahd the time (working multiple hjobs), when I had the time...no money (typically out of work).

Depression. When my depression gets bad I become demotivated. I can work through that with therapy meds and "faking it" til I make it ...forcing myself into the dojang basically.

Injury. After I hurt my knee...ti was tough getting back and not being able to do what I used ot do. Happened again when I herniated that disc in my back. Time and careful training fixed that. I am now a wiser more careful martial artist.

I've found I need to keep setting big, concrete goals for myself or I eventually get bored. Thus my drive to compete inb a tournament and train hard to not suck at it...the carry over is an improvement in my fiteness and improved quality of training.

Peace,
Erik

I can relate to alot of your personal suggles to train.

 

[bluekey88]

Thanks terry. I think a lot of people can sympathize. In th eend, there's no trick...one just gets their butt on the matt however one can.

The road to blackbelt is lined with folks who just stopped coming to class

Peace,
Erik

 

[Kacey]

Life happens... there are plenty of times I showed up to train because my sahbum expected me; likewise, there are plenty of times I showed up to teach because my students expected me. All sorts of life events have interfered with my training - college, divorce, graduate school, injury, etc.

"Black belts are white belts who never stopped training" - several of my seniors, most of whom point out, in the same conversation, that they were not "natural" athletes; rather, they were sufficiently motivated students who practiced on their own outside of class, causing others (who didn't practice outside of class) to think they were natural athletes.

 

[Deaf Smith]

What has been some of the ups and down to your own personal training.

Me it was marriage and then kids and then becoming a school owner.After the first ten years things have really settle down so my journey was able to get back on track, the only thing is I am older and less flexible than I was some 10 to 15 years ago. Which I could get those years back.

'To old to soon, to wise to late". Ain't that the truth!

Get back those years. Sure wish the world worked like that.

Mush on, Terry. Mush on!

The Grim Reaper comes when he comes, but I have some moves he hasn't seen yet!

Deaf

 

[tko4u]

Well, my wife and I started to go to class together. But I would say my ups have been when I was healthy and training 3-4 times a week. My downs have been just being injured, I have tore a lot of muscles and stuff. Its never fun to train injured.

 

[stickarts]

My only real downs was a bad back injury and more recently surgery.
My ups were rebounding from those.

 

[igillman]

I am in the middle of a down right now. Sidelined for very high blood pressure. Still, I keep myself entertained doing forms Tae Chi style. I have already taught myself Sa-jang which is one level above my belt level and the longer I am sidelined the more forms I will learn. Once I run out of Taeguks and black belt forms I will start on the ITF ones.

 

[terrylamar]

I am in the middle of a down right now. Sidelined for very high blood pressure. Still, I keep myself entertained doing forms Tae Chi style. I have already taught myself Sa-jang which is one level above my belt level and the longer I am sidelined the more forms I will learn. Once I run out of Taeguks and black belt forms I will start on the ITF ones.

Not being a doctor, I may be mistaken, but I though exercise was a major component in reducing High Blood Pressure. So effective, in fact, you may not even need medications. Of course, depending on the severity of your condition.

 

[KickFest]

I am in the middle of a down right now. Sidelined for very high blood pressure. Still, I keep myself entertained doing forms Tae Chi style.

I've just been sidelined too due to a lower back injury. I have to wait at least 6 weeks for my physio appointment on the NHS so it's slow forms for me too (without the kicks, how ironic). It's a massive downer, but I can't wait to start training again when I'm ready.
Apart from that, not being able to find an ITF club close to me when I left university was a downer, but I found a WTF club which exposed me to different things so I also see it as a positive experience.
Everything else about my training has been great though, from the art to the social aspects. I can't imagine my life without martial arts now.

 

[terrylamar]

Like everyone else, some of my down times were cause by injuries. Despite that I have trained daily with cast up to my knee, broken finger, jammed fingers, broken wrist, jammed toes, broken toes, broken coccyx. I was sidelined with a broken chest.

Once, my instructor asked me to cover for him when he went to Korea for two weeks. The very first class on the very first day I hurt my back. I could barely walk, much less bend. I don't know how, but I made it through the two weeks.

My longest periods of inactivity were cause by differences of opinion between myself and instructors. I am an upfront and honest person and I hate duplicity.

 

[igillman]

Not being a doctor, I may be mistaken, but I though exercise was a major component in reducing High Blood Pressure. So effective, in fact, you may not even need medications. Of course, depending on the severity of your condition.

It's very high so my doctor wants me to take it easy until I get to see a specialist next week. In fact, my doctor said "wow" when he looked at the numbers which is not usually a good sign. I will ask the specialist about doing exercise and TKD because I want to get back to it again. I have only been out of it for just over a week and I miss it already.

 

[IcemanSK]

Currently, I have an issue with my right calf. I pulled it (@ least I think that's what I did) 6 months ago & I still have daily pain. I've seen 4 doctors, had an MRI, 3 months of physical therapy & still no one knows why I still have pain. It's exactly as it was the day I damaged it.

I can still teach, but barely train. My flexibility is still good, but it hurts to kick.

I will hear from my insurance company to go see doctor #5 tomorrow. If they say no, I'll do it out of my own pocket.

That's my tale of sorrow. :soapbox:

 

[Loomie]

I totally understand. I have just come back after recovering from major surgery. I sparred the first week and decided after that not to for a few weeks. I feel overwhelmed with wanting to get back into shape,having some cardio, and wanting to be flawless in my one step sparring. I know I won't get it overnight but I need to slow down and be patient. Which to me is a death sentence.

 

[Mimir]

I would have to say that the biggest bummer for me is when I have trouble picking up on something that I am learning. I get frustrated when I don't seem to able to have it "click". I have to constantly tell myself to relax and just keep working on it until the "clcik" happens.

Of course, when the "click" happens it usually is one of the ups of my training.

 

[BrandonLucas]

I'm going through a down at the moment....I've actually been out of practice for 5 years.

I've been trying to go back for almost a year now, and everytime I think I can afford to go back, I end up having to pay for something else. It's just the way life goes.

Not that it's a down, but I recently found out that my wife is pregnant with twins. I'm super pumped about having kids (our first), but I know it's going to put a big strain on trying to go back. I'm having to seriously justify going back right now, because there's so much that we should be doing to get ready for the babies. In a way, I feel guilty about even trying to go back, but I know that I need to be in much better shape than I am so I can stick around to teach them what I know.

Class really isn't that expensive...(it's $100 initially to start up to cover the initial cost, and then it's $35 a month for a year), but things have been pretty tight. But I've had the "itch" to go back for a long time, and I feel like I deserve the shot to go back. It's just harder to justify now that I know that I've got children on the way.

So that's my story.

 

[igillman]

Kids are VERY EXPENSIVE and take up a lot of time. Do not commit to anything else until you have had the kids for at least 3 or 4 months and have got into a routine.